SQL Injection in postgrex (CVE-2026-32687)
Summary
SQL injection in postgrex (CVE-2026-32687). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. Mitigation: upgrade to 0.22.2 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
Summary
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in elixir-ecto postgrex ('Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications' module) allows SQL Injection.
The channel argument passed to 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':listen/3 and 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':unlisten/3 is interpolated directly into LISTEN "..." / UNLISTEN "..." SQL statements without escaping the " character. An attacker who can influence the channel name can inject a " to break out of the quoted identifier and append arbitrary SQL. Because the notifications connection uses the PostgreSQL simple query protocol, multi-statement payloads are accepted, allowing DDL and DML commands to be chained (e.g. ; DROP TABLE ...; --). The same unsanitized interpolation also occurs in handle_connect/1 when replaying LISTEN commands after a reconnect.
This vulnerability is associated with program file lib/postgrex/notifications.ex and program routines 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':listen/3, 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':unlisten/3, 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':handle_connect/1.
This issue affects postgrex: from 0.16.0 before 0.22.2.
Configurations
The application must call 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':listen/3 or 'Elixir.Postgrex.Notifications':unlisten/3 with a channel name derived from untrusted user input.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-32687 has been found in postgrex.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 7.8/10.
What to do: upgrade postgrex to 0.22.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "postgrex CVE-2026-32687" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2026-32687 (postgrex) — CWE-89 / CVSS v3 7.8
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Patched: 0.22.2 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
SQL injection (CWE-89) exists in postgrex.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of postgrex.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to 0.22.2.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'postgrex' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'postgrex' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
postgrexを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade postgrex to 0.22.2ステージング環境で 0.22.2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory osv.dev
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package github.com
- package hex.pm
- patch github.com
- web cna.erlef.org
- web github.com